Food For Tought

Food For Thought

It has been a long time since I last posted on my blog. What actually got me back was how inspired I was with the Campus Ministry's own blogging habits. I realized how passionate they are in putting up their entries. So if you brothers and sisters from Campus are reading this, I salute you all for a job well done.

Which leads me to my next inspiration by the way. I have been having great bible study eversince I decided to take my quiet time more seriously. I am following this bible study program that I might just share with you all when I get the excel format done. So from all the awe-inspiring bible studies I have had, I made a mental-note to possibly put up on my blog some of the lessons I have learned. So here I am now.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT is gonna be like Chicken Soup for the Soul except the stories are not from 21st Century but events that happened as far back as when the concept of 'century' had not even been invented yet. In short, stories from the Bible. The picture by the way is care of a sister who had the vision of finding the image of me eating sotong balls to be her idea of 'graphic art.'

Genesis 14

Story:

Abram defeats the armies of Kedorloamer to save his nephew Lot. With only 318 trained men, Abram chases after his enemies and routs them. Afterwards, Melchizedek, king of Salem told Abram that it is God Almighty that brought him victory.

Lesson:

We should never forget that it is God who gives us victory over our enemies. Our enemies may be different in form, but we are all struggling against the evils of this world and the works of the devil. Some of us struggle against our career, those who persecute us, and even our own selves. But God delivers us and gives us victory as He did with Abram. With only 318 trained men, he defeated a much larger army of soldiers who are probably much more trained than his.

Also, like Abram, we should also equip and train ourselves so that the Lord may use us as when He pleases. The 318 men that went to battle where not amateurs who picked up the sword to face a much bigger enemy. Indeed they were trained men who fought for a righteous cause. In the same way, God delivers our enemies into our hands, when He knows we have armed ourselves with His Word and His Spirit and when our reason for battle is righteous.